PADDINGTON: BATTLE ANGEL

written by
Ryland Duncan

@RYLANDDUNCAN
Based on the "Paddington" and "Alita: Battle Angel" film series
EXT. IRON CITY, NIGHT
We see the skyline of Iron City, crumbling towers beneath the
umbrella of the floating sky city of Zalem. Zalem is
connected to Iron City by transport tubes that take supplies
from their factories like huge metal umbilical cords. A mouse
with one robot leg climbs up the transport tube and a defense
ring covered in whirling saw blades comes down and the mouse
runs away all terrified and a-squeakin'. From above we see an
aerial shot of the huge MOTORBALL ARENA, equal parts football
stadium and racecar track. The arena is packed - its game
night!

INT. MOTORBALL ARENA LOCKER ROOM, NIGHT

The fans scream as the cyborg athletes of Iron City get ready
for a sport with just three rules:
Have wheels on your feet.
Dunk the ball.
Survive.
Among all the athletes attaching wheels to their feet, one
stands out: ALITA. She has an artificial body around her
amnesiac teenaged human brain and ancient martian heart. She
was designed to kill but she has a lot of other interests.
Her eyes...is big. She straps wheels to her feet.

INT. MOTORBALL ARENA TRACK

The lethal cyborgs of Iron City line up to begin their
terrifying race. Alita sizes up her competition -
Armblessed, a metal viking covered in chainsaw blades.
Tiegel, a huge metal turtle with monster truck wheels for
legs.
Karashnikoff, a maniac made out of hammers.
A tiny little bear in a blue duffel coat and a red hat
wearing wooden roller skates.
Alita looks at the bear and he tips his hat politely. This is
the cutest thing Alita has ever seen but she must stay
focused. She must win.
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ANNOUNCER
Allllllright folks, it's time for
the division 2 motorball
championships! Whoever wins this
match will advance to the finals
and compete to go to Zalem! Will it
go to our beloved champion, the
battle angel herself?
The crowd chants: A-LI-TA! A-LI-TA! A-LI-TA!
Alita's competition, with the exception of the bear, look at
her murderously.
ANNOUNCER (CONT’D)
Racers, ready... GO!!
The ball launches and the race begins! Alita zooms off,
knowing she will be pursued.
Armblessed swipes at her with his lethal arms, but the tiny
bear gets knocked into him by Karashnikoff, causing them both
to fall over.
Karashnikoff throws a hammer at Alita but she doesn't even
look back, just melts it with superheated plasma. The wind
blows the liquified hammer back at his face, blinding him.
Tiegel has the ball in his mouth now and zooms ahead of
Alita. Behind her is Armblessed, and lagging behind him is
the tiny little bear, badly out of breath from all this but
still going.

Alita jumps on Tiegel's back and jumps up and down on it

until he coughs up the ball, which she dives down to grab.
She zooms ahead, just ready to score a goal when the little
bear gets tripped up on Armblessed's foot and flies into her
at such a speed they're thrown off the track. It's Tiegel and
Armblessed's game now.
Alita dusts herself off and looks at the bear, furious. The
bear runs up to her, apologetic.
PADDINGTON
Oh dear, are you alright? I'm
terribly sorry, I'm still rather
new to all this.
ALITA
You goon! I worked for months to
get that far! I have to get to
Zalem.
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PADDINGTON
You're going to Zalem too? Perhaps
we can go together! Is there
another way? I do feel badly about
crashing into you, but I'm sure if
we work together we can get there.
Alita shakes her head.
PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
My name is Paddington. Paddington
Brown. What's yours?
ALITA
Alita. And there can only be one
champion.
PADDINGTON
But I have to get to Zalem! My
family is there!
ALITA
Are you...all alone?
PADDINGTON
Yes.
Alita extends her hand.
ALITA
Now you're not.

INT. DR. IDO'S CLINIC, KITCHEN

DR. IDO (Christoph Waltz in the role he was born to play, a
cyborg's kooky adoptive father) and NURSE IDO (a cool lady
with a metal arm) are making a delicious dinner of pan-seared
brussel sprouts and egg noodles with pesto. Some oil sizzles
out of the pan and gets Dr. Ido right on the finger.
DR. IDO
Ouch, my nice fingy!
ALITA
(off screen)
Father, I'm home! I brought a
friend.
NURSE GERHARD
A friend?
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DR. IDO
I can't wait to meet Alita's
friend, who will be either a human
or a cyborg.
Alita and Paddington enter the room.
DR. IDO (CONT’D)
What on Earth?
Dr. Ido crouches down to get a better look at Paddington.
DR. IDO (CONT’D)
What are you?
PADDINGTON
A bear, sir. My name is Paddington
Brown.
ALITA
His family is in Zalem.
DR. IDO
(knowingly)
I see. Well, Paddington, we're
about to sit down to a wonderful
spaghetti dinner. You would be
welcome to join us.
PADDINGTON
I wouldn't want to impose!
DR. IDO
Nonsense. Any friend of Alita is
welcome to eat spaghetti in our
home.
Later, as they're finishing dinner:
NURSE GERHARD
So where were you born?
PADDINGTON
Peru.
DR. IDO
How...old are you?
PADDINGTON
I am but a cub. What's wrong?
DR. IDO
Paddington, Peru was incinerated in
the Fall. 300 years ago.
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PADDINGTON
Ah.
ALITA
Paddington, are you lying to us?
Are you some kind of hairy little
liar?
PADDINGTON
Heavens no! No, I, ah...well, it's
rather complicated.
ALITA
How so?

EXT. WINDSOR GARDENS, FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO

Paddington and the Browns walk out holding beach umbrellas,
coolers, and picnic baskets and start loading them into their
car.
PADDINGTON
(Narrating)
I'm from Peru, but I'm also from a
place called London, where I live
with my family, the Browns. They're
awfully kind people.
MR. BROWN slathers on much sunscreen.
PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
(Narrating)
There's Mr. Brown, who always puts
the family's safety first.
MR. BROWN
The beach beckons to us, children,
but always remember that the sun is
to be hated and feared above all
other things.
MRS. BROWN smiles in a way that communicates the words "jesus
christ, dude" but very warmly as she puts a beach ball into
the trunk.
PADDINGTON
(Narrating)
Mrs. Brown, an artist with a
gigantic heart and fun hair.
MRS. BROWN
You can have fun in the sun, it's
perfectly legal.
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JUDY BROWN performatively puts a bunch of books in the car.

PADDINGTON
(Narrating)
Judy Brown, their clever daughter.
JUDY
Swimming is peanuts next to the
ocean...of literature...
JONATHAN BROWN stands outside the car, motionless.
PADDINGTON
(Narrating)
Jonathan Brown, their son, who
doesn't really have a defined
"thing" but is always perfectly
pleasant.
JONATHAN
When we get to the beach, I'm going
to be there.
MRS. BIRD shotguns a box of wine.
PADDINGTON
(Narrating)
And of course, Mrs. Bird, an old
woman we're all friends with.
MRS. BIRD
D'yae wanna make somethin' of it?
They get in the car and start driving.
PADDINGTON
(Narrating)
We were all terrifically excited
for our big day at the beach, when
this sort of hole appeared and
suddenly...
A GLOWING PORTAL opens in the middle of the road and the car
gets sucked right in.

EXT. ZALEM, DAY

The Browns and their car arrive in the gleaming sky city of
Zalem.
PADDINGTON
(Narrating)
...we were in Zalem.
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Robotic sentries surround the car, to everyone's terror.

MR. BROWN
Everyone, remain calm. In all
likelihood, we died back on the
road and this is hell.
JUDY
Hell?!
MRS. BROWN
I can't say I like the idea either
Judy but I would think heaven would
be a bit friendlier. What matters
is, we're in hell together.
The sentries clear a path for NOVA, a white man in white
clothes with white hair. He is the dread lord of Zalem and
can hijack people's bodies using the computer. He was
previously played by Edward Norton but is now played by Alan
Cumming in response to demands to rewrite the script and make
the villain single use straws.
NOVA
Welcome to Zalem, Brown family.
MRS. BIRD
Hail an' well met, Lucifer.
NOVA
I am not the devil.
MRS. BROWN
That was a bit silly of us, I
apologize. We realize Satan is a
very busy, very important man. Are
you his assistant?
NOVA
This isn't Hell.
JONATHAN
Right now, we are in a car.
Nova peels the car open like an orange.
NOVA
This is the sky city of Zalem, and
I am Nova, it's supreme overlord. I
have summoned you five hundred
years into the future, because
I...am lonely...
The Brown family awws.
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NOVA (CONT’D)
But not to worry! You're all my
toys now!
MR. BROWN
Excuse me, your what?
Nova walks over to Paddington and touches him on his soft
snout.
NOVA
(Thrilled)
You're going to be my little clown.
Paddington jumps back, trips on a marble, and lands on a
skateboard.
NOVA (CONT’D)
Skate back to me this instant
Paddington, my word is the final
law of this planet.
MRS. BROWN
Run, Paddington!
Paddington skates away, pursued by sentry robots. He skates
until he reaches the edge of Zalem. He looks behind him at
the charging sentries and below him at the supply tube. He
takes a deep breath and skates for his life.

INT. DR. IDO'S CLINIC, KITCHEN

As before. Paddington is snifflin.
PADDINGTON
I should have stayed. It's my fault
they're up there now. I have to get
them and find a way back.
Everyone hugs Paddington.
DR. IDO
Paddington, you're welcome to stay
here as long as you like.
ALITA
I'll build a bunk bed!
Paddington looks at them with big wet eyes.
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INT. ALITA'S BEDROOM, NIGHT

Alita has built a sleek, functional bunk bed with stairs that
function as a built in dresser. Dr. Ido tucks Paddington into
bed.
PADDINGTON
Thank you so much, for everything.
DR. IDO
It's my pleasure to meet a polite
bear and let him sleep in my house.

INT. DR. IDO'S CLINIC, KITCHEN

Alita and Dr. Ido are drinking cups of tea.
ALITA
Vector said the only reason someone
from down here goes to Zalem is so
Nova can cut them up into parts.
DR. IDO
Yes.
ALITA
But Paddingron's family, they
were...summoned, somehow. So maybe
its different.
DR. IDO
Many things are possible in the
universe, because it is so big.
But...
ALITA
You can't plan around mercy. Not
with Nova.
DR. IDO
This could be trouble, if Nova
wants him.
ALITA
I will protect Paddington, and
everyone.
DR. IDO
I know. I know you will. But Alita,
even if you cleave Nova in
two...there will always be pain and
loss in the world.
 10.

ALITA
You don't know what happens in the
future!
DR. IDO
(Chuckling warmly)
I suppose that is true.
ALITA
We can't tell him. Not until we
know for sure. I want him to be
able to stay the way he is as long
as he can.
DR. IDO
We'll leave it to the world to
break his heart.

INT. ALITA'S BEDROOM, MORNING

Paddington, on the top bunk, wakes up with a big stretchy
yawn as Alita, on the bottom bunk, does the same thing.
BOTH
Good morning!!

EXT. DR. IDO'S CLINIC

Paddington and Alita walk out, dressed for the day in
respectively the iconic blue duffel coat and a big striped
sweater.
ALITA
So what have you seen, since coming
to Iron City?
PADDINGTON
Well not really very much, I mostly
foraged for old bread crusts until
I found out about the ball race.
ALITA
Motorball?
PADDINGTON
Yes. Sorry again, about that.
ALITA
Its all good little buddy. Now
let's see the sights!!
MONTAGE:
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"Two Princes" by the Spin Doctors plays as

- Alita and Paddington ride a tandem bicycle around the park
but the wheels are stolen by child criminals while they're
riding it
- Alita and Paddington get big ice creams but when Paddington
licks his cone it turns out to just be saw dust and blows
away in the wind as the ice cream man beats a hasty retreat.
- Alita and Paddington help an old lady cross the street and
when they get to the other end she walks into the hospital
and robs it at gunpoint, waving to Paddington and Alita as
she does.
- Paddington hugs Alita's back like a backpack as she climbs
up a crumbling skyscraper. They reach the top and he is blown
away by the sight of the whole city. They both look up at
Zalem hovering above them, Paddington with longing and Alita
with rage.

EXT. IRON CITY, AFTERNOON

Paddington and Alita are eating big messy gyros and walking
down the street.
ALITA
How do you like Iron City so far?
PADDINGTON
Well it's certainly busy. I suppose
I'm just homesick at present.
ALITA
Hey, no probalo. But did you have
fun today?
PADDINGTON
Oh, yes! Well, with you. You've
been a wonderful friend to me
Alita. But is it just me or are
people around here...not terribly
polite?
ALITA
Father said that word last night!
What does it mean?
PADDINGTON
Polite?
ALITA
Yes what is that?
 12.

PADDINGTON
Well, hrrm. It's a way of behaving
that shows other people that you
respect the fact that they exist.
My aunt Lucy used to tell me, if
we're kind and polite, the world
will be right.
Alita laughs.
ALITA
Wow, yeah, we don't really have
that here.
PADDINGTON
For what it's worth, you've been
perfectly polite to me.
ALITA
Do you want to meet some of my
friends?
PADDINGTON
Oh, yes, please!

INT. KANSAS
Alita and Paddington walk into Kansas, the rowdy bar
frequented by her fellow hunter warriors, bounty hunters who
are the closest thing Iron City has to police. They are all
drinking and hollering. Among the crowd tonight are:
MCTEAGUE, the dog master and his cyborg dogs, the HELLHOUNDS.
If you think he doesn't have a human face with a robot beard
you are an idiot. This metal cowboy is kind to animals and
that's a fact, jack.
ZAPAN, a fussy jerk who considers Alita his rival. The skin
on his face is held together with tape because Alita cut it
in half.
NUKE FIFTY, a hulking monstrosity in an ivory helmet.
SCREWHEAD, a lady with four arms and a big huge screw in her
head.
EVERYBODY
Alita!
ALITA
What up, chochachos? This is my
good, small friend Paddington.
(MORE)
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ALITA (CONT’D)
He has nice ways and if you hurt
him I'll kill you without a second
thought.
One of McTeague's hellhounds, FANG, walks up to Paddington
and sniffs him.
PADDINGTON
Oh, hello there!
Paddington pets Fang and feeds him a treat from his pocket.
McTeague nods in approval. Alita and Paddington walk up to
the bar.
ALITA
Paddington, what do you want?
PADDINGTON
Hot chocolate with marshmallows,
please.
ALITA
Can we get a hot choco and a
margarita?
BARTENDER
I can do the margarita.
ALITA
Hrrm.
PADDINGTON
I can drink a margarita!
ALITA
I don't know if it is legal or
ethical to give you a margarita
Paddington.
PADDINGTON
It will be fine. I am absolutely
certain that the situation entitled
"Paddington drinks a margarita"
will be free of mishaps and antics.
ALITA
Ok. Two big margs, please!
Paddington, find us a table.
PADDINGTON
Right-o!
Paddington walks over to an empty table but bumps into Nuke
Fifty.
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PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
My apologies, are you alright?
Nuke Fifty crouches down and gets a good look at Paddington.
NUKE FIFTY
I...
Nuke Fifty storms off.
NUKE FIFTY (CONT’D)
Watch where yer goin'!
PADDINGTON
Will do, sir, thank you!
At the bar, Alita is handed the margs.
ALITA
Have you heard of any shake-ups,
you know...
She points upward.
BARTENDER
Nah. Not a peep out of Zalem in
weeks other than orders to the
factory
ALITA
Let me know if you hear anything.
Alita walks over to the table Paddington picked out, where he
is happily chatting to McTeague.
ALITA (CONT’D)
Making friends?
PADDINGTON
Oh yes, Mr. McTeague was just
telling me about how he makes his
hellhounds.
MCTEAGUE
Out of dying dogs, mostly.
PADDINGTON
It's very good of you, Mr.
McTeague.
Alita hands Paddington his big margarita. He takes a little
sip of it. He freezes for a beat and then shudders with
delight.
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PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
I think I'd rather like to fight
someone tonight.
Zapan walks up.
ZAPAN
Hey Alita! Great job at the
motorball game yesterday...
Zapan jumps on the table and gets in her face
ZAPAN (CONT’D)
...not!
Alita effortlessly swats him off the table and he falls
directly on his little butt, howling in pain.
ALITA
Don't mind him, he's just sore
because I cut his face off.
ZAPAN
Yes, an INCREDIBLY valid reason to
be sore!
MCTEAGUE
Oh walk it off ya crybaby.
McTeague detaches his own face and tosses it to his dogs to
play fetch with. Underneath his face you can see all kinds of
mechanisms and gizmos, its freaky but also...very cool...
PADDINGTON
You know, a week ago if someone had
ripped their face off near me I
would have had a well different
reaction.

INT. LIBRARY
Dr. Ido and Nurse Gerhard have books piled high, on her side
books about time travel, on his books about 21st century
London.
NURSE GERHARD
Man, time travel is a mess.
DR. IDO
That's why it's banned. But I
suppose such things don't matter to
the great and powerful Nova.
 16.

NURSE GERHARD
Any luck on your end?
DR. IDO
I found their obituaries, but they
date to the disappearance. Even if
they we alive, and we can send them
back, I don't know if we should.
NURSE GERHARD
They could change things. Prevent
the Fall.
DR. IDO
It's a lovely thought, but who is
to say that the Fall wasn't the
best case scenario?
Nurse Gerhard lets out a big, long sigh.
NURSE GERHARD
A worse world than this. Aye
carumba.

INT. DR. IDO'S CLINIC, NIGHT

Paddington and Alita stumble in, drunk as lords.
BOTH
(Singing)
Look around your world, pretty baby
is it everything that you want it
to be?
Paddington jumps on the examination table.
PADDINGTON
(Singing)
The wrong guy
Alita jumps on Paddington's shoulders and rides him around
with her arms out as he does a little kicking dance.
ALITA
(Singing)
The wrong situation
BOTH
The right time, to roll to me!
ROOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL TOOOO MEEEEEEEE!
Paddington overshoots a kick and they both fall to the floor,
giggling.
 17.

PADDINGTON
Alita we are FRIENDS.
ALITA
Paddington...I agree. We are
friends!!!
She does a somersault and then starts dry-heaving.
ALITA (CONT’D)
Don't worry this is psychosomatic!
I don't have the ability to vomit.
Dr. Ido and Nurse Gerhard walk in all arguing and a-fussin.
DR. IDO
It's not about money for me. It
cannot ever be about money for me.
NURSE GERHARD
Look, I get it, you have a sense of
duty! But try extending that sense
of duty long term. People keep
paying us in oranges, we're not
gonna be able to help anybody!
Paddington looks up at her.
PADDINGTON
(trying out of fear to
sound sober)
Oranges, did you happen to say?
NURSE GERHARD
Yeah! Worthless but juicy and
delicious oranges.
Paddington jumps to his feet.
PADDINGTON
Nurse Gerhard, we can make those
oranges into MARMALADE!
NURSE GERHARD
Marmawhat?
DR. IDO
I have not heard of this substance.
Paddington smiles and takes off his hat, revealing his
emergency marmalade sandwich. He grabs Alita's sword, throws
the sandwich into the air, and with but a flick of his wrist
slices the sandwich into four pieces.
 18.

Everyone, Paddington included, extends their hands and

catches the falling sandwiches. They take a bite and react as
if they have just felt the weight of all their sins lift off
of them.
PADDINGTON
That...is marmalade.
ALITA
(On the verge of tears)
I need you to make as much of this
as possible.
NURSE GERHARD
(Fully weeping)
This is...am I eating a poem?
DR. IDO
Tell me what you need from me and
it is yours.
Montage:
"Semi-Charmed Kind of Life" by Third Eye Blind plays as
Alita juices oranges with incredible speed and strength
Paddington and Alita stir multiple pots of marmalade at once.
Alita takes a tentative taste of their marmalade and lifts
Paddington into the air in delight.
Alita and Paddington set up a little booth near the exam area
with a sign that says "PADDINGTON & ALITA'S MARMALADE
SANDWICHES JUST ONE SIMPLE CREDIT APIECE"
A line forms around the block for their wonderful sandos.
McTeague gets a sandwich, as well as Screwhead, Nuke Fifty,
and even mean old Mr. Zapan.
Alita and Paddington sell out of sandwiches!

INT. DR. IDO'S CLINIC, KITCHEN, NIGHT

Alita, Paddington, and Dr. Ido sit at the table, exhausted,
eating big plates of pasta.
ALITA
What a day.
PADDINGTON
We probably should have slept.
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ALITA
I don't think I ate anything but
that one bite of that marmalade
sandwich before now.
DR. IDO
But you haven't needed to until
just now, right?
ALITA
Yeah! That's crazy.
DR. IDO
PERHAPS NOT. I have been nursing a
suspicion all day, collecting data
from patients who did and did not
partake of your wonderful
sandwiches. The ones who did, their
mechanical parts operated at a
higher capacity than those who did
not. Legends of the world before
the Fall tell of a lost organic
super fuel, so potent that both
Earth and Mars signed treaties
agreeing not to use it in their
war, destroying the recipe.
Paddington...I believe marmalade
is this lost superfuel.
PADDINGTON
Well, Aunt Lucy always said it had
all the vitamins a bear needs.
DR. IDO
Bears and cyborgs...you are more
similar than you are different.
ALITA
Should we stop making it?
DR. IDO
No. Never. The bog standard fuel
the factory doles out to it's
workers wears their parts out
faster than I can replace them. I
suspect it is in their best
interest to keep the people sick
and tired.
ALITA
I see...marmalade will be the
mother's milk of the revolution.
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PADDINGTON
I'm so pleased I could be of help.
DR. IDO
You are more than a help,
Paddington.
ALITA
Yeah. You're family.
Paddington smiles.
DR. IDO
You know, it nearly wasn't just the
recipe for marmalade that was put
at risk. Oranges themselves almost
went extinct after the Fall.
PADDINGTON
Really?
DR. IDO
Oh yes. Thousands of plant species
were thought lost forever until the
discovery of the seed vaults.
ALITA
Seed vaults?
DR. IDO
Yes. You see, man is a tragic
animal, but very aware of it.
Before the Fall, maybe even before
hostilities with Mars, the seeds
for all known plants were sealed in
special vaults all over the world.
If the same thing could have been
done for giraffes and the like, the
world really could be paradise.

ALITA
What's a giraffe?
Paddington whispers in her ear.
ALITA (CONT’D)
NO WAY.

INT. MOTORBALL GYM

Alita skates around in a futuristic training gym on a track
that looks like it's made of blue sand. Paddington stands to
the side with a towel and a water bottle.
 21.

PADDINGTON
You can do it, Alita!
The track, all but for the stretch she's on currently,
changes shape completely. She drops the ball briefly and the
track manifests an opponent to capture it. Alita runs over
and rips the sand thing in half, regaining control of the
ball. She dunks it into the goal and skates over to
Paddington.
PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
Alita you are so good at this
violent, terrifying sport.
ALITA
Thanks, buddy.
PADDINGTON
When shall I strap my skates on?
ALITA
I don't know Paddington.
PADDINGTON
I understand I'm not as good as
you, certainly not yet, but what I
lack in bionic legs and the
capacity to kill I surely make up
for in enthusiasm and
sportsmanship.
Alita gives Paddington a great big hug, then puts her hand on
his shoulder.
ALITA
I promise, when I get to Zalem,
whatever happened to your
family...I'll find them. I'll bring
them to you.
PADDINGTON
Am I really so hopelessly clumsy?
ALITA
No! You're incredible at gentle
things, like cooking and dancing,
but motorball is dangerous. It's
dangerous for ME, and my body is
literally the most dangerous thing
on Earth.
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PADDINGTON
Alright. I suppose I just don't
like feeling so helpless when the
people I love are in trouble, maybe
even...maybe even hurt.
ALITA
Anything that can be done, I will
do. Until then, we'll just have to
work on getting things in order for
when they're back.
PADDINGTON
You're right! Here I am feeling
sorry for myself, when I should be
getting ready to show them how to
have a jolly good time down here.
Oh, I can't wait to see them.
ALITA
(Hoping she isn't lying)
I'm sure you'll see them soon.

INT. NOVA'S LAB

There is blood everywhere. Nova looks annoyed.
NOVA
Rinse.
Water sprays from the ceiling, washing the blood into a drain
in the floor. A hologram of Zapan appears.
NOVA (CONT’D)
Report.
ZAPAN
He didn't die at the motorball game
like you thought.
NOVA
How can you be sure?
A compartment on Zapan's chest opens. He pulls a marmalade
sandwich out of it.
NOVA (CONT’D)
My god.
 23.

INT. MOTORBALL ARENA LOCKER ROOM, NIGHT

Paddington is helping Alita get all her armor on. It's a
little bit heavy for him!
PADDINGTON
Are you excited for tonight?
ALITA
Nervous.
PADDINGTON
You, nervous?
ALITA
I get nervous! Nervous happens in
the brain, not the deadly robot
exo-body!
PADDINGTON
I suppose I just always think of
you as being so effortlessly brave
and determined.
ALITA
Well, I'm not.
PADDINGTON
No, you're not, you're much better
than that. The product of effort is
much more impressive than something
that just happens regardless.
Alita ruffles Paddington's hair.
ALITA
I don't like that you got abducted
but I'm glad that I know you.
Paddington hands her a helmet.
PADDINGTON
It really has been quite the silver
lining.

INT. MOTORBALL ARENA TRACK

Alita and the other players line up. Tonight she faces
MADOSEN, a tall cyborg with no human face but rather a huge
pair of pliers with human eyes.
BARGERAID, who looks like if you put legs underneath a tank.
 24.

CHAKRAM, whose body is styled after a medieval suit of armor.

PESHKAVUS, who much like Tiegel has a turtle-like body but
instead of monster truck wheels, he has spider legs with
little wheels at the bottom.
ANNOUNCER
THIS IS IT, PEOPLE! Our fallen
battle angel, number 99, against
the worst of the worst! Will she
reclaim her lost position? Or is
she doomed to obscurity with these
foul losers?
ALITA
Guys, I know we're never going to
be friends or comrades but it's
important to me that you know I
don't like how the announcer is
making this all about me and kind
of dissing you guys.
PESHKAVUS
I MURDER YOU.
ALITA
What you're feeling is valid.
BARGERAID
Well, I appreciate the sentiment.
Thank you.
ALITA
You're very welcome Bargeraid.
ANNOUNCER
Motorball loaded, aaand..
The motorball is shot out of it's cannon.
ANNOUNCER (CONT’D)
GO!
Chakram takes the lead and speeds off. Alita does a risky
jump and lands in front of him, punching him in the stomach
and grabbing the ball.
In the stands, Paddington watches with Dr. Ido and Nurse
Gerhard.
PADDINGTON
She really is something, isn't she?
 25.

DR. IDO
A force of nature. Sometimes I
think she has only scratched the
surface of what she is capable of.
There is a red glow as an announcement is projected over the
entire sky of Iron City. Everyone looks up.
PADDINGTON
Oh, dear.
We see the announcement, along with his photo: WANTED
CRIMINAL, PADDINGTON BROWN, MUST BE BROUGHT IN ALIVE FOR
QUESTIONING. REWARD: ONE MILLION CREDITS.
Paddington lowers his hat a little bit over his face.
NURSE GERHARD
Paddington, that's not working.
PADDINGTON
Are you sure?
He lifts his hat a little bit. The game has stopped and
literally everyone in the arena is looking at him.
DR. IDO
I have an idea.
Dr. Ido takes Paddington's hat.
DR. IDO (CONT’D)
Run, I'll distract them!
Paddington runs as Dr. Ido does a big dance.
DR. IDO (CONT’D)
Look everyone I am the famous
little bear! Don't look in any
other directions because here I am,
being hairy and illegal! Oh nobody
will catch me because of I am so
small!
The entire stadium stampedes out after Paddington, knocking
Dr. Ido to the ground.
DR. IDO (CONT’D)
(being stepped on)
What are you doing I am right here!
I am the bear who can do something
secret with an orange!
 26.

Alita chases after Paddington and the crowd parts, knowing

better than to trifle with her.
While no one is looking, Madosen picks up the Motorball,
calmly walks over to the goal, and tosses it in. He looks
around at the rest of the empty arena.
MADOSEN
I AM YOUR CHAMPION!!!

EXT. IRON CITY, NIGHT

It's a real hard day's night situation out here, but with
much higher stakes than the Beatles having to do kissing.
MONTAGE, set to "It's All Been Done" by the Barenaked Ladies:
Paddington poses as a mannequin in a shop window as the
crowds run past him
Paddington puts on a big coat and joins the middle of the
crowd running after him
Paddington hides inside a big abandoned monster truck tire
but in doing so moves it just slightly enough that it rolls
down a hill
Paddington puts an identical blue coat on a dog and sets it
off running away from the crowd.

INT. ALLEY
Paddington hides behind a dumpster.
PADDINGTON
It will all be set right. It has to
be. It will all be set right.
The dumpster is flung away by Zapan.
ZAPAN
It will be set right! I think a
million credits should more than
pay for a new face for me, won't
it?
PADDINGTON
T-t-truthfully sir I still haven't
really got a handle on how much
things here cost.
Zapan grins.
 27.

ZAPAN
They said you have to be brought in
alive. They didn't specify HOW
alive.
He takes out a little switch blade, but before he can do
anything with it his arm is grabbed by a huge metal hand.
ZAPAN (CONT’D)
Who DARES -
Zapan looks over. It's Nuke Fifty.
ZAPAN (CONT’D)
Ah hello sir how are you, is there
anything I can help you with today?
NUKE FIFTY
Kid's mine.
ZAPAN
Right you are.
NUKE FIFTY
Out of my sight, now.
ZAPAN
Fair! Fair!
Zapan runs off. Nuke Fifty looks down at Paddington.
PADDINGTON
Sir, please, if you'll allow me to
appeal to the better angels of your
nature, I think you'll find -
Nuke Fifty grabs Paddington and using rocket boosters in his
feet flies off.

EXT. THE TOP OF THE OLD CHURCH.

Nuke Fifty holds Paddington out by the scruff of his neck.
PADDINGTON
Sir, please. Please, sir.
NUKE FIFTY
You've made quite the mess for
yourself, haven't ya?
Paddington whimpers. Nuke Fifty gives Paddington a great big
hug. He sets the confused lil bear down on the ground.
 28.

Nuke Fifty takes off his helmet. He looks a little older, but
he's unmistakably KNUCKLES MCGINTY.
PADDINGTON
Knuckles?!
KNUCKLES
I'm goin' by Nuke Fifty now, but
Knuckles is fine, sure.
PADDINGTON
Why didn't you say anything at the
bar? At the clinic?
KNUCKLES
Had to be sure what my next move
was, but with that bounty goin' out
I wasn't left with much choice.
PADDINGTON
How would Nova know about that?
KNUCKLES
After you disappeared, I wrote a
uh, well I dictated a book about
our time together. I guess it
became a bit popular. It's one of
the only texts to survive the Fall
and make it to the Library of
Zalem.
PADDINGTON
So that's how he knew I know how to
make marmalade. How long have you
been here?
KNUCKLES
Well, I was back in our time
another 10 years after you
disappeared, I've been here about
30. Nova's been grabbing people
from the past for ages trying to
find you.
PADDINGTON
Well, you look terrific.
Alita lands on the roof of the church.
ALITA
GET AWAY FROM HIM NUKE.
She pulls out her sword and it lights up with arc plasma.
 29.

PADDINGTON
Alita, wait!
She charges towards them. Paddington, panicking, gets in
front of Knuckles. Alita stops herself with maybe a
centimeter between her blade and Paddington's soft little
nose.
ALITA
Paddington, what are you doing?
PADDINGTON
It's alright! This is my old friend
Knuckles. It's alright.
KNUCKLES
I wouldn't trust the situation
myself if I was in yer shoes, but I
can assure ya I'd rather die than
let any harm come to Paddington.
ALITA
You sure about him, P?
PADDINGTON
Yes. He's from my time!
ALITA
What?
KNUCKLES
I'll be more'n happy to answer
every question in the world later,
right now we gotta get out of the
city before Nova figures out I'm
helping you.
ALITA
We have to go to the clinic first.
KNUCKLES
There's no time, missy.
ALITA
Nova's after Paddington AND me, and
we've both got Dr. Ido and Nurse
Gerhard in common. They'll kill
them.
KNUCKLES
Not my problem.
Paddington gives Knuckles a hard stare.
 30.

KNUCKLES (CONT’D)
We need to get you out of here!
I've done alright for myself out
here but I'm no Vector, I don't
have infinite time and money!
PADDINGTON
(staring hard)
If you think letting the people I
love come to harm isn't the same
thing as letting harm come to me,
you've forgotten who I am.
KNUCKLES
Fine! But we've gotta be quick
about it!
Paddington breaks the stare.
PADDINGTON
Splendid!

INT. DR. IDO'S CLINIC

Alita and Paddington are stuffing everything can into big
bags as Dr. Ido and Nurse Gerhard walk in.
DR. IDO
Why is Nuke Fifty outside my
clinic?
ALITA
We gotta move. I already packed our
stuff.
DR. IDO
Where are we going?
ALITA
Dunno. We're not safe here anymore.
NURSE GERHARD
Someone has to look after the
clinic.
DR. IDO
She's right, we will get robbed as
hell if someone picks up that we're
gone.
ALITA
But you'll get hurt!
 31.

NURSE GERHARD
I'll do it.
DR. IDO
I can't ask that of you.
NURSE GERHARD
No matter what that sign says, this
is just as much my clinic as it is
yours. And no offense, Alita,
Paddington, but we're not really
good enough of friends that I think
I'm gonna get murdered just to hurt
you or something.
ALITA
Nurse Gerhard!
NURSE GERHARD
Alita, what's my first name?
ALITA
...Nurse?
NURSE GERHARD
Get outta here, you goons. While
you're gone I'll experiment with
charging money for treatment.
Dr. Ido nods solemnly as he, Alita, and Paddington leave.
Nurse Gerhard waits as we hear them getting into a car and
driving away. She lets out a big contented sigh and sits down
on the couch.
NURSE GERHARD (CONT’D)
(giddy)
Maybe they'll never come back.

EXT. THE BADLANDS

We see a very tiny car driving around the vast expanse
outside Iron City, where the jungle has reclaimed the cities
of man.

INT. TINY CAR

Alita, Paddington, Dr. Ido, and Knuckles are crammed into a
car that is clearly just for Knuckles.
 32.

DR. IDO
Nuke, all these years, I had no
idea you had been kidnapped from
history.
KNUCKLES
Sorta thing a feller keeps under
his hat.
DR. IDO
Of course, of course, but the fact
you're someone Paddington knows,
it's a crazy coincidence.
KNUCKLES
No coincidence. Nova's been trying
to kidnap Paddington for ages. It's
why he has a time machine in the
first place.
PADDINGTON
I think it's because I can make
marmalade.
KNUCKLES
I'm sure that's part of it, but I
can't say it's that simple. Nova's
one of those types who looks on the
world as a game of chess. Nothing's
ever one thing with him. Alita, you
were sayin' he's after you too?
ALITA
Yeah. I have some pretty bad
amnesia but from what I can put
together I was supposed to kill him
300 years ago.
KNUCKLES
Yikes. You two got a real knack fer
enraging the dread lord of Earth.
PADDINGTON
I really didn't mean to.
KNUCKLES
I know, little guy, I know.

EXT. URM SHIP

The car pulls up and Alita gets out at the lake where the 300
year old Martian battle cruiser lays, half submerged.
 33.

ALITA
This is where I found my body.
There's air and stuff once you get
inside, but there's only one way
in. Roll the windows up.
Alita lifts the car above her head and runs into the lake.
Inside the car, Paddington watches with awe as they zip
through the water.

INT. URM SHIP

Alita tosses the car above water and it lands basically okay.
She jumps out and opens the doors as the guys pile out.
DR. IDO
I'm very excited that we did not
drown!
PADDINGTON
Yes, jolly good show Alita!
KNUCKLES
Yes my car is only mostly ruined.
ALITA
Knuckles you are so ornery!
KNUCKLES
Ornery! You haven't seen ornery
from me, girly!
Alita effortlessly lifts Knuckles off the ground and spins
him on one finger like a basketball. She sets him down.
ALITA
I was going to come up with
something clever to say when I set
you down but that was harder than I
thought it would be.
PADDINGTON
Perhaps "who are you calling girly,
whirly?"
ALITA
That's honestly...not bad.
Dr. Ido starts taking their bags out of the car.
 34.

DR. IDO
So what's our next step? We have a
hiding place that even Nova
wouldn't dare enter, fifty jars of
marmalade and fifty loaves of
bread, and the four of us. How do
we go from here to toppling the
most powerful man in history?
PADDINGTON
I want to fight.
ALITA
No! No way.
PADDINGTON
Alita, you've been very kind to
protect me the way you have, but
they're coming for all of us. We
will not survive if only 75 percent
of us can make it out of a fight. I
don't relish it, but if you're
going to put your life on the line,
so am I. You can teach me or I can
do it alone, it's your choice.
ALITA
Its just...I want things to be
better for you than they were for
me.
Dr. Ido laughs.
DR. IDO
Now you understand how it was for
me, Alita. To see the sweet girl to
whom everything was new kill, I
would have done anything to prevent
it. But if you never fought, I'd be
dead.
Alita punches a console.
ALITA
Fine. I'll train you to fight,
Paddington.
PADDINGTON
Oh, thank you, Alita! I promise...I
promise I'll still be me, even if
I'm good at punching.
Alita hugs Paddington.
 35.

ALITA
You'd better. You make everybody
better than they were, Paddington.
MONTAGE
Set to "Alright" by Supergrass
Alita and Paddington spar in a zero gravity training orb. He
simply can't get the hang of it!
Dr. Ido writes a big complex diagram of how to get to Zalem
on a whiteboard, Knuckles looks at it and shrugs, scritchin'
his head.
Alita and Paddington train with wooden swords and
Paddington's breaks in half as soon as they connect. Alita
sighs.
Dr. Ido has written down the word "COW" on the whiteboard.
Knuckles shakes his head but Dr. Ido grabs it, forcing him to
look at it. With terror in his eyes, Knuckles sounds the word
out. Dr. Ido lets go and lines his hand up for a high five.
Knuckles can't believe he got it and lifts Dr. Ido into the
air.
Alita watches as Paddington trips on an orange, which sends
him flying on to a treadmill, which he runs on for a bit
until the orange bounces back over and sets it to high speed,
sending him flying to the roof, which he quickly grabs on to
and runs down.
Dr. Ido shows Knuckles the diagram again. He gets it now!

INT. ZERO GRAVITY TRAINING ORB

Paddington prepares to spar with Alita.
PADDINGTON
I'm hopeless, aren't I?
ALITA
Not at all. I've been training you
wrong.
PADDINGTON
How so?
ALITA
Let go of the idea of fighting. Of
making a plan to hit someone. Give
yourself to the chaos.
 36.

PADDINGTON
The chaos?
ALITA
It's where you live, where I think
you've always lived. You are the
little bear who gets into big
trouble, Paddington. How many times
have you narrowly avoided death or
serious injury in some kind of
crazy accident?
PADDINGTON
Well, quite a few, I suppose. I'm a
lucky fellow!
ALITA
You are your own luck, Paddington.
Stop thinking of a fight as a
fight. Trust me. I'm going to come
at you, and when I do I want you to
think of me not as an opponent, but
as a bunch of suitcases that's been
sent flying toward you because you
bumped into a bicycle which then
collided with a luggage cart while
running to give someone a hat they
left on the train.
She charges at Paddington. He grabs her head like a ripe
melon and juggles her. Alita squeals with delight.
PADDINGTON
Oh! Oh my!
He lets go.
ALITA
A fight is chaos. You know chaos,
you know accidents, you know
bungles. This is the door.
PADDINGTON
I see!
ALITA
I awoke already knowing the machine
fighting art of panzer kunst. You,
Paddington, are a master...of
panzer klutz!!!
They make eye contact for a beat and then bust out laughing.
 37.

PADDINGTON
Oh, that's quite good, Alita.
ALITA
It's word play, is why it's good.
Do you want to keep training?
PADDINGTON
I think I've got it now, yes.
ALITA
Good.
They both look down and realize they've been holding hands
for a long time. They break and try to pretend they didn't
both notice what just happened.
PADDINGTON
Time to fight each other!
ALITA
Yes, very good, fighting is what I
want to do also, as well.

INT. BRIEFING ROOM

Dr. Ido has written a big plan on the white board and
everyone is listening as he wraps up what he's saying.
DR. IDO
...and after that, we should be
able to scale the tube and get to
Zalem.
ALITA
What do we do once we get there?
DR. IDO
We kill Nova before he kills us,
which he'll start trying to do
immediately.
KNUCKLES
We'll recruit the other Hunter
Warriors, go in with a proper
strike force.
PADDINGTON
Why would they help us?
KNUCKLES
They love you and they're terrified
of me.
 38.

PADDINGTON
And then we'll find the Browns!
Everybody looks away from Paddington.
PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
Why do you always do that?
ALITA
Do what?
PADDINGTON
Every time I mention finding my
family, you all get so uneasy. I'm
not stupid. Tell me what's going
on.
Knuckles and Dr. Ido both back away.
ALITA
Fine! I'll tell him.
She turns her chair around cool teacher style to face
Paddington.
ALITA  (CONT’D)
The rule of this world is that the
people born on the ground can never
go to Zalem. I didn't want to say
anything until I knew for sure, but
the only reason Nova brings regular
people to Zalem is so he can cut
them up and experiment on the bits.
So everything...everything would
suggest your family is dead.
There is a long silence. Everyone looks at Paddington, who is
visibly in shock. He gets up.
PADDINGTON
They're alive.
ALITA
Paddington...
PADDINGTON
They're alive, Alita. If they
were...if they were dead, that
would mean I would have to invade
Heaven and overthrow God. So
they're alive. Alright?
ALITA
Alright.
 39.

DR. IDO
Alive or dead, conquering
heaven...its what we're about to
attempt. Are you sure you're up to
it, Paddington?
Paddington takes a sword off the wall.
PADDINGTON
We are all of us born to die, Dr.
Ido. Even the immortal Nova.

EXT. IRON CITY, NIGHT

Shrouded in cloaks, Paddington, Alita, Dr. Ido and Knuckles
march back into the city.
DR. IDO
Knuckles and I will go to the bar
and start approaching hunter
warriors. Are you you clear on your
mission?
Paddington and Alita nod.
DR. IDO (CONT’D)
We'll meet at tube 3 at dawn.
Paddington and Alita run off.
KNUCKLES
It's good, what yer doin.
DR. IDO
They deserve it, Mr. McGinty. One
last night before we die horribly
in the morning. Now let's get good
and sauced.

INT. DR. IDO'S CLINIC, NIGHT

Alita and Paddington walk in. It's empty.
ALITA
Huh, Nurse Gerhard must be out.
They hear footsteps and assume defensive postures. We see a
look of shock and relief come across Paddington's face and
pan around to see why - it's Mrs. Brown.
MRS. BROWN
Paddington!
 40.

PADDINGTON
Mrs. Brown!
They run over and hug each other.
MRS. BROWN
We were so worried about you! It
took us so long to escape that
nasty Mr. Nova, but we knew you'd
be here. We found a way back home,
but we have to leave quickly.
PADDINGTON
Leave?
MRS. BROWN
Quickly now, come along!
Paddington looks at Alita.
PADDINGTON
I...
MRS. BROWN
Get a move on you silly little
bear!
PADDINGTON
Alita...
ALITA
What color are Mrs. Brown's eyes,
Paddington?
PADDINGTON
What?
ALITA
(Fighting back tears)
What color are her eyes,
Paddington?
PADDINGTON
Hazel.
ALITA
That's not her.
Paddington looks back at Mrs Brown. Her eyes are unnaturally
blue. Alita rushes over but a knife is put to Paddington's
throat.
 41.

NOVA
(Speaking through Mrs
Brown)
COME ALONG, PADDINGTON.
They are teleported out. Alita falls to her knees.
ALITA
No. No.
She runs out the door.

EXT. DR. IDO'S CLINIC

Alita runs off into the night.
ALITA
NO!

INT. KANSAS
The hunter warriors are listening to Dr. Ido's plan.
DR. IDO
...and if it works we can storm
Zalem!
SCREWHEAD
And just to be clear we would be
doing this so the little bear guy
we all met one time -
KNUCKLES
Paddington.
SCREWHEAD
- so Paddington can see whether or
not his family, who are probably
dead, have died or not.
DR. IDO
AND to die fighting the wicked
ruler of Zalem, Nova.
SCREWHEAD
Man I dunno about this.
DR. IDO
Oh what are you doing that's so
much better, you big loser?
 42.

SCREWHEAD
I am not a loser!
KNUCKLES
Screwhead, you keep a cat skeleton
as a pet.
SCREWHEAD
It has a LOT of the hair still on
it!
Alita runs in.
DR. IDO
Alita, what are you doing here, you
need to be making -
ALITA
Nova took Paddington.
A hush rolls over the room. Everyone looks at each other. All
of the Hunter Warriors get up except Zapan, who hasn't really
been paying attention. He looks around and realizes everyone
is looking at him.
ZAPAN
What?
MCTEAGUE
We're gonna go rescue Paddington.
ZAPAN
That weird dog Alita's friends
with? Hard pass.
Every single person in the bar boos Zapan. Somebody chucks a
rock at his head and his face comes loose, which he scrambles
to fix. Everyone but Alita and Zapan walks out.
ALITA
If the roles were reversed,
Paddington would save you.
ZAPAN
And look at me, unkidnapped and
enjoying a big cup of vermouth.
ALITA
You'll be enjoying it all alone,
coward.
Alita spits right in Zapan's face and walks out. Zapan just
sits there, not even wiping the spit off.
 43.

INT. PADDINGTON'S BEDROOM

Paddington wakes from a nightmare and sees the Browns all
standing around him except for Mrs. Bird, with their normal
eye colors.
PADDINGTON
Oh! Oh, my word. Oh you're all
here. Thank goodness you're all
here. I had the strangest dream.
MR. BROWN
Did you now?
PADDINGTON
I was in the future, and there were
only two cities left in the whole
world. I had a wonderful friend, a
beautiful friend, but you were
gone. Lost.
JUDY
Well we're all here now.
MRS. BROWN
Well let's get downstairs for
breakfast, eh?
PADDINGTON
Why were you all waiting by my bed?
MR. BROWN
I wouldn't worry about it.
Paddington looks for the window, but there isn't one.
PADDINGTON
Where's the window?
MRS. BROWN
What window?
PADDINGTON
There's a lovely circular window,
right over there.
MRS. BROWN
Poppycock!
PADDINGTON
But -
Mr. Brown looks at Paddington straight in the eye. There are
tears streaming down his face but he's smiling.
 44.

MR. BROWN
You're being awfully silly,
Paddington.
Paddington is terrified.

INT. BROWN FAMILY KITCHEN

Paddington and the Browns walk downstairs. Paddington looks
out and sees that a wall is missing and has been replaced
with a studio audience.
PADDINGTON
Who are those...people?
JONATHAN
That's the aud-
Out of nowhere, Jonathan is given an intense electrical
shock.
JONATHAN (CONT’D)
(Grimacing)
That's absolutely no one.
Judy opens a cupboard. Inside are dozens of vases. She pulls
one out.
JUDY
Ah, a rare and expensive vase, I
shall use this for school.
STUDIO AUDIENCE
Ooooooooh....
Mr. Brown takes another vase out of the cupboard.
MR. BROWN
Ah, a rare and expensive vase. I
shall use this for business.
STUDIO AUDIENCE
Ohhhhhhhh....
BOTH
Let us hope there are no bungles
here in our home.
The studio audience LOSES it, shooting and hollering. Judy
and Mr. Brown set their vases down on the counter and leave
the room.
 45.

MRS. BROWN
Paddington, weren't you just
telling me about the juggling
lessons you've taken?
PADDINGTON
I don't -
MRS. BROWN
(Pleading)
Haven't you just learnt to juggle?
PADDINGTON
I...suppose I have.
MRS. BROWN
Please show me your juggling.
PADDINGTON
Alright.
MRS. BROWN
Why don't you use those vases?
PADDINGTON
But -
Mrs. Brown shudders and her eyes turn blue. She's not there
anymore.
NOVA
(Through Mrs Brown)
Juggle the goddamn vases,
Paddington.
PADDINGTON
Y...yes ma'am.
Paddington tentatively picks up a vase. He begins juggling
it.
STUDIO AUDIENCE
Ohhhh...
NOVA
(Through Mrs Brown)
The second vase. Ohhhhhhh add a
second vase....
Mrs. Brown's eyes turn brown again. She nods at Paddington to
do it. He starts juggling both vases. He's got it for a
moment, but then they both fall to the ground.
 46.

ONE GUY IN THE STUDIO AUDIENCE

Oh shit!!!
Judy and Mr. Brown walk back in.
MR. BROWN
My vase!
JUDY
And mine!
MR. BROWN
I shall be fired from my job as a
businessman because of this. We
will have to live on the streets.
JUDY
I will be expelled from school and
forced to sell my bones to pay for
our dinners.
PADDINGTON
Oh no!!
MR. BROWN
Paddington, we have no choice but
to...whip you blind? I'm not -
Mr. Brown receives a painful electrical shock.
MR. BROWN (CONT’D)
We...must whip...Paddington.
MRS. BROWN
You mustn't! Paddington was only
trying to amuse me, for he is a
pure hearted boy made from hair.
JUDY
I understand.
MR. BROWN
Yes. It is you who must be whipped,
while Paddington watches. No, no,
not on your life!
Mr. Brown is shocked again.
MR. BROWN (CONT’D)
(Being shocked)
You'll never make me! I'll die
before I let you!
The audience boos. A curtain closes around them.
 47.

NOVA
(Over intercom)
We are experiencing technical
difficulties. Please take this
opportunity to visit the concession
stand!
The Browns rush over to Paddington, who recoils.
JUDY
You're safe, while the curtain's up
they won't make us do anything.
PADDINGTON
Is any of this real?
Mrs. Brown puts Paddington's paw in her hand.
MRS. BROWN
We're real.
MR. BROWN
The house is fake. They're telling
us what to say through earpieces.
Paddington I'm so sorry.
JUDY
We think this is some kind of
horrible zoo.
PADDINGTON
I'm so sorry. This is all my fault.
MR. BROWN
How on Earth could this be your
fault?
PADDINGTON
Can't you see? If this is a
zoo...I'm the star attraction. We
never would have been abducted if
it wasn't for me.
MRS. BROWN
Paddington, you absolutely aren't
on the hook for a mad scientist
from the future kidnapping us.
You're just not.
JONATHAN
Don't worry. I'm sure we'll get
used to being tortured all day soon
enough.
 48.

PADDINGTON
Alita...find us..

EXT. SUPPLY TUBE

Alita stands before the assembled hunter warriors, a crowd if
about fifty all told, with standouts like Dr. Ido, Knuckles,
McTeague, and Screwface.
ALITA
Life in Iron City is bad. It's bad
BY DESIGN. While Nova sits in his
nice clean house drinking water
with zero piss in it, we're down
here suffering and dying for no
better reason than that he likes it
that way! Are you gonna keep taking
that?!
HUNTER WARRIORS
No!!
ALITA
I can't hear you! Are you going to
suffer for the sake of an immortal
pervert?!
HUNTER WARRIORS
NO!
Everyone grabs big heavy sacks and gets in formation.
ALITA
CHARGE!!!
Alita and the Hunter Warriors run up the tube. Aerial
defense drones fire lasers at them, taking out one of
Screwhead's four arms.
SCREWHEAD
Frick!
Alita fires jets of plasma at the drones, neutralizing them.
They're about halfway up when the defense ring shoots down
the tube, it's blades whirling menacingly.
ALITA
It's time!
Alita and the hunter warriors open the sacks to reveal
enormous jars of marmalade, which they bombard the defense
ring with, jamming it so bad it falls apart completely.
 49.

ALITA (CONT’D)
Wahoo!
DR. IDO
My god, it worked!
They finish running up the tube, they climb up and see...

EXT. ZALEM, DAY

Its everything they ever dreamed it would be. Gleaming
crystal towers, parks and gardens, no dead bodies anywhere.
ALITA
It's beautiful.
DR. IDO
Glad you like it. Everyone here
paid for it with their blood and
tears.
KNUCKLES
Death to Nova!
HUNTER WARRIORS
Death to Nova!
They run into the city.

INT. FAKE BROWN FAMILY KITCHEN

Paddington is stirring a big soup pot and defiantly staring
at the audience.
PADDINGTON
I'm sure the whole family will love
this big pot of hot vinegar. But
what would make it taste best of
all?
He picks up a box of baking soda.
PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
Speaking as a little idiot, I'm
sure this baking soda will kick my
simple broth up a notch.
He unceremoniously dumps it in and it foams over.
PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
Oh no. Once again, I am set upon by
misfortune.
 50.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

Nova watches Paddington on dozens of screens. He smashes a
glass in his hand.
NOVA
It's not like the book at all! In
the book he's playful and sweet!
Nova's intern Darrell comes and cleans up the glass. Darrell
has a thick New Zealand accent.
DARRELL
It's probably because you tortured
his family a bunch.
NOVA
Darrell you sound like an idiot.
DARRELL
Don't lash out at me because you're
shit at empathy.
NOVA
Darrell eat all that broken glass.
Darrell complies but he gives Nova a VERY dirty look as he
ruins his mouth with glass.
An alert beeps on screen, reading
"NORTHERN SECTOR DEFENSE RING DISABLED, PERIMETER BREACHED."
The screen comes to life with footage of Alita and the hunter
warriors charging towards Nova's fortress.
NOVA (CONT’D)
Oh what the FUCK? I am having...the
worst day. Darrell get me another
drink and like, a gun.
Nova looks over, Darrell is bleeding to death on the ground,
his throat having been slit from the inside by the glass.
NOVA (CONT’D)
Darrell I did not tell you to eat
the glass in a way where you die
from it, get your head in the game.
 51.

EXT. ZALEM, DAY, NEAR NOVA'S FORTRESS

Alita and the Hunter Warriors continue their charge, engaging
with and quickly dispatching any police drones that get in
their way.
DR. IDO
We're getting close! You see that
dome in the distance? That's where
Nova does his perverted experiments
and plays with his band!
ALITA
He has a band?
DR. IDO
Yeah they do...how to describe it?
Like sarcastic dance music. Like
music that compels you to move your
body but clearly thinks less of you
for doing so.
ALITA
Man I can't wait to smash this
guy's face with my hands.
Everybody smashes into a force field like birds into a clean
window.
KNUCKLES
What in the wine-dark hell was
that?
Nova and a hundred robot sentries teleport right outside the
barrier. Nova slaps Knuckles.
NOVA
You big ginger liar! I am FURIOUS
with you, my god.
Knuckles deploys a big sword from his arm.
KNUCKLES
Where's Paddington, ya wretch?
NOVA
He's in my wonderful dome,
absolutely RUINING the vibe with
his bad attitude. Your book said he
was cute and nice!
DR. IDO
Well he's not going to act cute and
nice when you torture him!
 52.

NOVA
People keep telling me that and I
really don't think that's it.
Alita takes out her Damascus Blade and charges it with arc
plasma.
ALITA
Release Paddington and I'll kill
you quickly.
NOVA
Ok I know you're all feeling really
tough because you ran up a tube
buuuut
Nova snaps his finger and everyone falls to the ground. Alita
struggles to stand.
ALITA
What...is this...
NOVA
Oh I made the gravity around you
super intense. Did you forget I'm
God here or what, what was the
plan?
ALITA
I'm going punch you in the face
forever!
NOVA
Haha sure.
Alita is teleported away.
SENTRY
What about the surface dwellers?
NOVA
Recycle 'em.

INT. FAKE BROWN FAMILY KITCHEN

The curtain is drawn and everyone is looking for something.
MR. BROWN
The windows?
JUDY
Fake.
 53.

MRS. BROWN
The floorboards?
JONATHAN
I pulled them up, but there's just
steel underneath.
PADDINGTON
And the bathrooms?
MR. BROWN
As I was first to discover, fake.
PADDINGTON
So the only way out is through the
audience.
MRS. BROWN
I'm afraid so.
JONATHAN
It's not so bad once you abandon
all hope of escape. I'm excited
about my future!
JUDY
We're probably going to be tortured
to death.
JONATHAN
Yes, Judy, but HOW will we be
tortured to death?

INT. RECYCLING STATION

The Hunter Warriors are being lead into the recycling station
by sentries.
SCREWHEAD
So they're going to recycle all of
our parts?
MCTEAGUE
Just the mechanical parts.
SCREWHEAD
What about our organics?
KNUCKLES
(Shaking his head sadly)
Fed to an alligator.
 54.

SCREWHEAD
W-what?
They walk past a pen filled with alligators who snap their
jaws hungrily at them.
KNUCKLES
They inject yer brain with a
special nanodrug, keeps it alive
and thinkin' until it's completely
digested.
SCREWHEAD
Why would you tell me that?!
KNUCKLES
Oh, would it've been better as a
surprise?
They come to a stop.
SENTRY
Remain here and await processing.
The sentry leaves.
MCTEAGUE
I just want to say, even though
it's ending in the most horrible
way possible, I don't got any
regrets. By God, we went to Zalem!
We went to Zalem and we even kicked
a little ass!
SCREWHEAD
I guess that's more than anybody
down on the surface can say.
KNUCKLES
I mean, out of us, whose even left
on the surface? Just Zapan, right?
MCTEAGUE
Clive Lee of the White Hot Palm
stayed too, I think.
SCREWHEAD
Really?
MCTEAGUE
Yeah we just didn't make as big a
deal of it because he's cool and
Zapan sucks.
 55.

KNUCKLES
Oh my God, it really is a mercy he
didn't come with us. He'd he
whinging right now.
SCREWHEAD
(Fake cockney accent)
Its all your fault, it is!
MCTEAGUE
Be nice if you were behind him
aways in line and ya got to see the
alligators eat his face.
KNUCKLES
Yer not wrong, sir, yer not wrong.
ZAPAN
You're all dicks.
Everyone turns around to see Zapan standing behind them,
having quietly torn through all the sentries.
MCTEAGUE
Are you here to rescue us?
ZAPAN
A minute ago I was, now? Genuinely
not sure.
KNUCKLES
What are you really doing up here?
ZAPAN
Alita called me a coward right
before leaving! And while history
has clearly and somewhat
immediately proven me right about
all this, NOBODY gets to die
thinking they're braver and tougher
than the mighty Zapan!
Zapan is shoved out of the way by Mrs. Bird, who now has a
huge robot arm.
MRS. BIRD
Get a shift on, ya daft steel tart.
KNUCKLES
Mrs. Bird!
MRS. BIRD
Knuckles!
 56.

Mrs. Bird looks McTeague up and down.

MRS. BIRD (CONT’D)
And you're a bit of alright, aren't
ye? What's the name, love?
MCTEAGUE
(Blushing)
McTeague the Dog Master, ma'am.
MRS. BIRD
Everybody's here for Paddington and
the Browns, yeah?
KNUCKLES
They're alive?!
MRS. BIRD
Yeah, in some kinda bonkers zoo.
Nova chucked me in the bin after I
bit him on the neck.
Her robot arm opens to reveal a huge plasma cannon.
MRS. BIRD (CONT’D)
There's consequences tae not
finishing yer work.
SCREWHEAD
So rescuing us was -
ZAPAN
Fully Mrs. Bird's idea. BUT I
generously agreed to help.
MRS. BIRD
I threatened tae melt his face.

INT. FAKE BROWN FAMILY KITCHEN

Jonathan is pressing his hand on to an ignited stove burner.
JONATHAN
(Cheerful)
Its important to remember,
everything is temporary.
Nova walks in, glaring at Paddington.
NOVA
Hello, RUDE BOY.
 57.

PADDINGTON
I don't like being impolite, Mr.
Nova, but you've rather forced my
hand.
NOVA
It's time for you to learn whose
house this is.
The curtains open and the audience files back in.
NOVA (CONT’D)
I'm so sorry folks, the
heartwarming comedy I had planned
for you didn't work out. Would a
deathmatch make up for it?
The crowd cheers. Paddington gulps. The fake kitchen
disintegrates, revealing a plain silver stage. The Browns are
grabbed by sentries and placed in the audience. Nova looks at
them.
NOVA (CONT’D)
I want you to watch this. I want
you to understand how nice I was
being.
A spotlight is put on Paddington.
PADDINGTON
Let them go!
NOVA
In one corner, a talking bear that
can't recognize God when he's
staring him in the eye!
A hatch opens in the ground across from Paddington.
NOVA (CONT’D)
And in the other, a local
celebrity, a killing machine from
days of old, and as of four hours
ago the slave of Zalem, please
welcome TUNED Agent A-1...
Out of the hatch comes Alita.
NOVA (CONT’D)
...formerly known as Alita!
Alita bows to Nova.
 58.

PADDINGTON
Alita! You came!
Alita looks at Paddington.
ALITA
Who are you?
PADDINGTON
It's me! Paddington! We have to get
out of here, Alita!
Alita looks at Nova.
ALITA
Who is he, Uncle Nova?
NOVA
That's a bear who was very rude to
me. You're going to kill him, ok?
Alita hugs Nova.
ALITA
Ok!
NOVA
But nice and slow, okay? The people
came for a show. Wave to the crowd,
A-1.
Alita waves to the crowd.
ALITA
Hey everybody! You wanna watch me
kill this bear?
The crowd goes nuts.
PADDINGTON
Alita, no! You have to remember!
ALITA
Don't worry, I'll remember to kill
you. He was very clear about it!
Alita assumes a fighting stance. Paddington takes a deep
breath.
PADDINGTON
(Inner monologue)
This isn't a fight. You aren't
fighting Alita.
 59.

Alita runs towards him.

PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
(Inner monologue)
That's not Alita.
Alita raises her arm to strike him.
PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
(Inner monologue)
That's a frisbee someone threw at
me because they thought I was a
dog!
Paddington catches Alita's fist and throws her across the
room. She lands hard. The crowd gasps. Alita looks up.
ALITA
Again!!
PADDINGTON
You have to remember, Alita!
Remember who you are!
Alita jumps up and does a flying kick. Paddington imagines
her as an overturned fruit cart and flips her on her side. He
climbs up a wall.
The Browns close their eyes. Nova snaps his fingers and
robots clockwork orange them open.
ALITA
Come down from there! I want to be
friends!
PADDINGTON
Really?
ALITA
Yeah!
Paddington climbs down.
ALITA (CONT’D)
My favorite part of having
friends...IS MURDERING THEM!
Alita fires a jet of plasma from her finger that Paddington
just narrowly avoids.
The ceiling of the dome shatters! In the rain of glass
shards, Mrs. Bird and the hunter warriors of Iron City jump
down and form a circle around Paddington.
 60.

PADDINGTON
Mrs. Bird!
Mrs. Bird looks over at Paddington.
MRS. BIRD
Hello there! You've gotten into
quite a pinch, haven't you?
Alita cracks her knuckles.
ALITA
(Mocking)
Oh noooooo, I have to beat all of
you up?
MRS. BIRD
So we're killin' her?
ZAPAN
YES.
PADDINGTON
No! Nova did something to her, to
her mind. She's...she's very
important to me!
MRS. BIRD
Well well well.
PADDINGTON
What?
MRS. BIRD
Oh, nothing.
Alita charges at them.
ALITA
Stop having a weird conversation
and let me crush your skull with my
fingers!
In the audience, Nova is grinding his teeth.
Mrs. Bird and the Hunter Warriors break the circle and charge
at Alita.
McTeague's hellhounds tackle and maul Alita but she ignites
arc plasma all over her body and they run off yelpin'.
 61.

Screwhead runs at Alita and tries to punch her with all three
arms but Alita just stands firmly and her arms shatter on her
tough metal bod.
SCREWHEAD
Ouchie!!!
Nova claps.
Zapan takes out a sword and gets in Alita's face.
ZAPAN
So we meet again, Alita. The moment
everything's been building to.
Ancient rivals clashing, with the
soul of the very planet at stake.
Fight me at 100%, or it's not worth
anything!
Alita stares at him.
ALITA
Ok but like who are you???
ZAPAN
I'm Zapan! Come on! You cut my face
off!
ALITA
Oh, good idea!
Alita cuts Zapan's face off again.
ZAPAN
GOD DAMN IT!
ALITA
Is that enough, Uncle Nova?
Nova smiles and nods.
Alita punches the ground so hard all the hunter warriors go
flying. Paddington holds his ground. She walks up to him
slowly.
PADDINGTON
You don't have to do this Alita. I
don't care what Nova says, you are
more than a killing machine! You're
a protector! You're the person I
like the most in the world.
Alita smirks and runs at full speed toward Paddington. She
punches him so hard that he goes flying. His hat goes flying.
 62.

The marmalade sandwich he keeps under his hat goes

flying...right into Alita's mouth!
NOVA
Spit that out right now!
Alita bites down and chews. She closes her eyes and takes in
the delicious flavor. She shakes her head and opens her eyes.
She looks around.
ALITA
Where...am I?
She sees Paddington on the ground.
ALITA (CONT’D)
Paddington!
She runs over to him, as do Mrs. Bird and the Hunter
Warriors. He's hurt pretty bad.
MRS. BIRD
Back off, lady!
PADDINGTON
Alita...is it...is it really you?
Alita nods. They let her through. She kneels down beside
Psddington.
ALITA
Did..I do this to you?
ZAPAN
Yeah, you also cut my face off, you
nasty -
McTeague rips Zapan's mouth off.
PADDINGTON
I'm glad I got to see you...as
yourself again. One last time.
ALITA
You're gonna be okay Paddington!
You can't die!
PADDINGTON
I love you, Alita.
Paddington passes out. Alita gets up and turns around. The
audience tries to fle. Alita melts the doors shut with
plasma.
 63.

ALITA
You'll be staying for this. You're
all part of this.
NOVA
Oh, come off it! He's flesh. Dying
is like the main thing flesh does.
Alita walks over to Nova. She picks him up by the scruff of
his neck.
ALITA
Is this how you want to live?!
Watching good people suffer and die
so this messed up freak can laugh
and clap?
She drags Nova around and shoves him in people's faces.
ALITA (CONT’D)
Is this who you are?!
Alita sets Nova down and the Hunter Warriors restrain him.
ALITA (CONT’D)
That little bear over there told me
once that if we're kind and polite,
the world would be right. I don't
look around and see a world that's
right. But couldn't it be? Couldn't
we all just make the decision to
treat each other with some basic
courtesy and make being alive more
appealing than being dead? Can't we
make a world where it's safe to be
gentle?!
Nova breaks free.
NOVA
Oh wow, somebody said some words
that rhyme to you, you're right we
should fundamentally change society
based on that.
ALITA
All of you are alive! You can make
the choice to live in a better
world.
NOVA
Or you can all kill Alita!
They all kind of shift uncomfortably.
 64.

NOVA  (CONT’D)
C'mon!!!
Alita smiles.
ALITA
The only thing that gives you power
is other people's permission, Nova.
I think it's just been revoked.
Nova screams and explodes.
KNUCKLES
Holy God did you just humiliate him
to death?
The audience panics and using this distraction the Browns get
free of the sentries and run over to Paddington.
MRS. BROWN
Is he breathing?
DR. IDO
Just barely. We have to get him to
a hospital quickly.
ALITA
Me and Dr. Ido will take him, you
go with Knuckles and get to safety.
MR. BROWN
Not on your life. Paddington is
family. We're not leaving him
again.
JUDY
No matter what.
MRS. BROWN
We have a duty to him.
JONATHAN
(solemnly)
Paddington is a bear I know.
ALITA
Then let's go.
The ground beneath them quakes and separates as a gigantic
robot version of Nova climbs out.
NOVA
You're going nowhere! Behold the
power...of Machine Grand Nova!
 65.

Nova straight up melts Screwhead.

MCTEAGUE
Screwhead! No!
NOVA
You'll never be rid of me! I'm in
everything! Back ups upon back ups!
Wage a war against me, I don't
care, I've got forever.
ALITA
Is that all you are? Just code?
NOVA
That's all anything is, Alita! Down
to the very language of the atoms
in that wretched brain of yours.
Alita looks at the other hunter warriors and the Browns, then
at the terrified crowd, then at Nova. She hangs her head down
and clenches her fists.
ALITA
So I have to keep fighting you?
Forever?
NOVA
That's right.
Alita looks up at him.
ALITA
You got yourself a deal, ya nasty
old slut!
She jumps and cuts his body into five pieces. His severed
head is about to holler at her and she throws it in the air
and incinerates it with plasma. Everyone stares at her.
ALITA (CONT’D)
C'mon, hospital, remember?
She breaks a big hole in the wall by running through it,
everyone follows her.

EXT. THE DOME

Alita and company run with sweet little Paddington in tow.
Robot sentries with Nova's face run toward them. Alita cuts
each down as it approaches.
 66.

ALITA
Which way's the hospital, by the
way?
DR. IDO
Hang a left!
They continue fighting their way through.

INT. HOSPITAL
Dr. Ido and the Browns run in with Paddington and put him on
a gurney.

EXT. HOSPITAL
Alita and the Hunter Warriors guard the entrance, beating up
Nova drone after Nova drone, for hours on end.
Day turn into night.
Everyone, even Alita, begins to tire.
Mrs. Brown pokes her head out the window.
MRS. BROWN
Alita! Come in quick!

INT. HOSPITAL ROOM

Alita runs in. Paddington is laying in bed, surrounded by the
Browns and Dr. Ido.
ALITA
How...how is he?!
DR. IDO
As I was just explaining to the
Browns, Paddington was on the verge
of suffering severe brain damage.
But I...found a workaround.
ALITA
He's going to be okay?
DR. IDO
Yes. The short story is, yes. But
to stabilize his brain, I've had to
partially mechanize it.
(MORE)
 67.
DR. IDO (CONT’D)
I've placed an implant in his ear
that continually backs up and using
nano technology restores the parts
of his brain that fail.
MRS. BROWN
But he's okay. He's...he's still
Paddington.
Something comes over Alita. She's giddy.
ALITA
So his mind...his whole mind exists
as data now?
DR. IDO
Yes.
ALITA
Do me, too.
DR. IDO
Why?
ALITA
Trust me. Trust me on this.

EXT. HOSPITAL
Alita walks out holding what looks like an old timey
cellphone with an elaborate interface. She is...casual.
ALITA
Hey Nova!
The drones all converge on Alita. She does a backflip on to
the roof of a tower.
ALITA (CONT’D)
Nova, I figured it out! You're
gonna be so proud! You're being
broadcast, aren't you?
NOVA
Obviously. Now come down here and
die!
Alita presses a button on her device.
ALITA
Okay! Done. I'm down there.
 68.

Alita's face pushes out Nova's face on one of the drones and
starts punching the other drones.
CYBER ALITA
What's up turkey necks?
NOVA
What have you done?
Alita's face appears on an electronic billboard.
CYBER ALITA
Oh wow, and here I thought you were
a genius.
A bunch of Nova drones collide with each other and become one
big drone.
NOVA
Stop this!
Alita's face appears on a bunch of TVs in a store window.
CYBER ALITA
Who, her or me? She's not doing
this. Her idea, though!
ALITA
Lookin' great, girlie.
CYBER ALITA
You too!
NOVA
I am EVERYWHERE! You cannot defeat
me!
CYBER ALITA
It's so crazy that you say that
because, and this is true, I'm also
everywhere and I'm beating you
senseless.
NOVA
You can't get everywhere, little
girl. Only I know how to get into -
CYBER ALITA
Zalem's central computer? Super in
there. I'm moving in. I'm putting
up shelves, bitch.
 69.

NOVA
You cannot have this planet! It is
mine!
ALITA
Copy yourself. Fight my nice brain
as much as you like, because for
the remainder of time until you
cease to be, people are going to
live in peace while I quietly punch
you in the face forever.
Nova screams as his drones tear themeselves apart.
Alita cracks her neck and looks at the Hunter Warriors.
ALITA (CONT’D)
You guys wanna get some choco?
Knuckles claps her on the back and they all go into the
hospital.

INT. DR. IDO'S CLINIC, MUCH LATER

Paddington wakes up, surrounded by the Browns, Dr. Ido, and
Alita. His left ear is metal now.
PADDINGTON
Did it...did it all turn out
alright?
Alita smiles.
ALITA
Yeah. Yeah, we're all gonna be
okay.

EXT. DR. IDO'S CLINIC

Paddington and Alita walk out, toward a halal cart a few
blocks away.
PADDINGTON
I can't believe I'm up and about
already! I suppose being a cyborg
has it's benefits.
ALITA
I'm so sorry, Paddington.
PADDINGTON
It wasn't you, Alita.
 70.

ALITA
He blocked my memories. He didn't
erase my personality. And when that
marmalade hit, it didn't just bring
back my recent memories. It brought
back everything. Mars. The war.
PADDINGTON
You're capable of violence. You're
good at it, too. You're also
capable and good at all sorts of
other things. You're an entire
human being, Alita.
ALITA
Paddington, you shouldn't stay
around me. I'm dangerous.
PADDINGTON
I'm great at surviving danger.
ALITA
WHY DID YOU SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME!?
Paddington is startled by the abruptness.
PADDINGTON
I thought I was going to die and I
didn't want to die without saying
it. I...I understand it's a lot to
say, but you don't have to say it
back. You're an incredible person
and knowing you has been the
greatest honor of my life. I'm
sorry. I didn't mean to put you on
the spot or make you think that I
expect any -
Alita kisses Paddington hard.
ALITA
I love you too you wonderful hairy
goon! I just...I don't want to hurt
you.
PADDINGTON
Then I'll trust you not to.

INT. DR. IDO'S CLINIC

Paddington and Alita walk back in, nervous, giddy, and with a
sack full of gyros. The Browns are sitting on the couch.
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ALITA
Soup's on, folks!
DR. IDO
Paddington, sit down, please.
PADDINGTON
What's the matter?
JUDY
He won't tell us!
Paddington sits down.
DR. IDO
Since returning from Zalem, with
the help of the new Iron City/Zalem
Ruling Council, I've been looking
into how to send you home.
Paddington and Alita look at each other, worried.
PADDINGTON
Can you?
DR. IDO
No. Time travel is...it's very
strange. To pull organic matter
from the past to the present is
quite easy, all you need do is open
a rift in the universe and place
the matter in suspended animation
until you wish to summon it.
But...I'm not saying it could never
be done, but no one has ever
successfully sent organic matter to
the past. With our current
technology, it's at best an
incredibly violent way to die.
MR. BROWN
So we're stuck in a post-
apocalpytic hellscape.
MRS. BROWN
But we're in hell together, dear.
Mr. Brown chuckles.
JUDY
It's not the worst thing that could
have happened, certainly.
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JONATHAN
I have no opinion.
PADDINGTON
So...no organic matter means what,
exactly?
DR. IDO
No living tissue.
PADDINGTON
Dr. Ido, there's something I'd like
you to help me with.

INT. THE HOME FOR RETIRED BEARS, 500 YEARS AGO

Paddington's aunt Lucy sits in a rocking chair, humming
quietly to herself when suddenly a little silver disk appears
in a flash of light. It has a little button on it that says
"PRESS HERE, AUNT LUCY."
AUNT LUCY
What in the world?
She presses the button and a small hologram of Paddington is
projected.
PADDINGTON
Hello, Aunt Lucy. I'm sorry it's
been so long without a letter. I
have good news and bad news and
it's all rather complicated. The
bad news is I won't be able to see
you again, maybe ever. I've been
taken away to the future. I put
some stuff about that on the other
side of the disc. What's important
to me is you know that I'm alright.
MONTAGE, set to "Tenderness" by General Public and
Paddington's voiceover:
Paddington and Alita are at a ceremony dedicating the new
elevator tower connecting Zalem and Iron City. They're
holding hands.
PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
I'm actually...very happy.
Zapan and McTeague attend Screwhead's funeral, where McTeague
gives Zapan his mouth back.
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Paddington is stirring up a big pot of marmalade in a

kitchen. He's grown older, and much larger. Alita comes up
and kisses him on the cheek. He scoops some up into a bowl
and places it on a plate surrounded by cut up toast. He rings
a bell and a little robot takes it out into the dining room
where hungry cyborgs are a-waitin'.
PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
Where I live now was rather a harsh
place before I got here. But I
think it was for the best that I
was taken away. My friend Dr. Ido
said that if it hadn't been for a
few little seeds stored away
somewhere, oranges would have gone
extinct. I think it may have been
like that with kindness too.
Dr. Ido and Nurse Gerhard finish attaching a slightly less
menacing robot arm to Mrs. Bird. She tries it out and quite
likes it. They're about to tell her all about it when she
runs out the door and hops on McTeague's motorcycle, arms
wrapped around his waist.
PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
I don't mean that to sound vain.
All I mean is that people really
had forgotten how to be polite. But
you taught me well, Aunt Lucy. You
taught me how to remind people of
their manners, and I think everyone
in the world is glad you did.
Big, grown Paddington and Alita are in the park with their
kids, who look like little werewolves, watching Mrs. Brown
paint a mural. They set up a picnic.
PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
I've found another home. I've met a
wonderful woman, and I think things
really might work out with her.
We zoom out and see Iron City as it is now, cleaned up,
filled with lush gardens and people living in peace.
PADDINGTON (CONT’D)
I love you, Aunt Lucy. Goodbye.
THE END.
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END CREDITS RAP, AS PERFORMED BY PADDINGTON AND ALITA, SET TO

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT BY MONTELL JORDAN
ALITA
This-is-how-we-do-it!
PADDINGTON
Padd-ing-ton and A-lit-a!
BOTH
Sha la la la la la lo!
Shabada lo lo lo whoa!
Lo lo lo low-oh-oh!
This is how we do it!
ALITA
The future was bad and now it's
good
PADDINGTON
Because of a hairy little dude
ALITA
His name's Paddington and he's
super cute
PADDINGTON
But not half as much as his cyborg
ladayyyy
ALITA
He got kidnapped to a future time
PADDINGTON
Nova committed a future crime
ALITA
Little bear came to the crazy race
PADDINGTON
Landed right in Alita's face
ALITA
She took him home and they ate
spaghetti
PADDINGTON
Now you'll never be forgetting
BOTH
Padd-ing-ton and A-li-ta!
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PADDINGTON
They're sweet and friendly little
heroes!
BOTH
Padd-ing-ton and A-li-ta!
ALITA
To Iron City, they are saviors
BOTH
Padd-ing-ton and A-li-ta!
PADDINGTON
They went to a bar and drank big
margs
BOTH
Padd-ing-ton and A-li-ta!
ALITA
This is how we do it, with a cute
little bear
PADDINGTON
Meeting a cyborg with metal hair
ALITA
We learned to squeeze oranges in
our lair
PADDINGTON
Making marmalade with my new
friends
ALITA
Long after most of history ends
PADDINGTON
But not for my friends
ALITA
I'm training to play motorball
PADDINGTON
So she can make sure Nova falls
ALITA
Nova set a big bounty, to get
people to hurt my honey
PADDINGTON
But I got saved by my buddy Knuck
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ALITA
He says fer instead of for
PADDINGTON
We left the city, and made our
little getaway
ALITA
We hid ourselves in a martian ship
PADDINGTON
And Alita gave me some fighting
tips
ALITA
When we got home, Mrs. Brown was
back
BOTH
But-her-brain-had-been-invaded!
ALITA
Nova stole my little bear away
BOTH
He-got-put-in-a-freaky-zoo!
PADDINGTON
My family was acting super weird
BOTH
Because-their-lives-were-being-
threatened!
PADDINGTON
Alita and friends climbed up a tube
BOTH
But-then-they-were-in-trouble
ALITA
Nova washed my mind and told me to
kill my guy
BOTH
But-she-didn't-do-it!
PADDINGTON
She came uncomfortably close
ALITA
I-told-you-I-was-sorry!
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PADDINGTON
Nova exploded and turned into a
robot
BOTH
It's-not-clear-why-he-did-that!
ALITA
I put my brain into a computer
PADDINGTON
And now the human race is looking
much cuter
ALITA
Because Nova's gone and I'm in
charge
PADDINGTON
(out of breath)
And the possibility...of good
things happening...is large
BOTH
Padd-ing-ton and A-li-ta!
ALITA
Our babies look like werewolves!
BOTH
Padd-ing-ton and A-li-ta!